now predicts there will be as many as 9,600 more depths by the end of this month, as the nation now approaching that somber milestone, 1 million covid deaths. and as the fda reviewing moderna s request for authorization for its vaccine. there s a new poll tonight that says just 18% of parents will vaccination their children right away. there is a tornado watch, severe weather alert, dangerous storms for text texas and oklahoma and then that threat moves east. pdallas, memphis, atlanta all watching this. let s get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano timing it out for us tonight. hey, rob. reporter: hi, david. may is peak tornado season for the plains and mother nature is abiding. we are stacked with tomorrow threats, tornado watches expanding tonight. west texas up through oklahoma. big winds, big hail, and, yes, tornadoes. dallas may get clipped. heavy rains into missouri and then the storms refire tomorrow. shreveport up through little
need to be much of a meet roll gois pick out where this thing is centered. right where you see the big curly q with the cloud cover, that is the center of the low pressure system. and if we re going to get into the details, check this out. just west of the jackson, mississippi refugee oranges we have a line of strong storms, that has had wind gusts in excess of 50 miles per hour. so this could still be damaging. we have severe thunderstorm watch boxes for this that area and tornado watch box across central southern louisiana, but that should expire within the next coming minutes. as get the daytime heating from the sun, we ll see the storms refire once again and we ll see the threat shift to the east. so 00 friday, it was centered across texas, parts ever oklahoma, louisiana, arkansas. but now today being saturday across the united states, this is the area we re focusing in on. damaging winds, large hail and potential of tornadoes, western sections of alabama into mississippi as well a
we ll share that with you. in the meantime, good morning, welcome to early start. happy friday. we had some crazy weather here in new york overnight. maybe some tornadoes upstate. we ll have the latest in just a few minutes. plus dr. conrad murray is reaching out to the late king of pop s mother now. you ll find out why coming up. but first, we ll talk about politics and mitt romney s rocky start in london. this was a trip intended to charm the brits, to show off romney s statesmanship and raise some cash along the way. plus he s facing some tough headlines across the pond. one in the sun this morning said mitt the twit. romney s been forced to explain a rogue comment by someone claiming to be an adviser, that he questioned security and british enthusiasm for the 2012 summer games which officially begin in a few hours. romney and also first lady michelle obama will both be on hand when the olympic torch is lit tonight. the first lady is leading the presidential delegati
brandon ivey had the camera rolling as hail pelted the windshield and then tornadoes nearby and toppled a tree and utility pole. blew trash into the highway. no injuries reported. here s someone out there with a camera to capture the crazy events. money to be made in that, you know? a nice piece of video and farm it out to various media outlets. make bucks for being dangerous. exactly. listen. that storm system, kyra, heading to the east a little bit now and seeing that comma shape. this is a fairly potent low for this time of year and folks who live in louisville, columbus, you may see more active weather throughout the day today. i think some of the storms refire through the afternoon as the cool front passes down to the south and east. this cool front back here, bringing some even cooler weather and starting to see the changes of the season and temperatures will start to feel a little bit more like well,